How Did The Ww1 Veterans Protest
“BREAKING NEWS: 2 WWI Veterans and Infant Killed, While 8-Year-Old Was Blinded By Tear Gas,” read the headlines in 1932 during the great depression. In the years leading up to the protest the government had promised WWI veterans a bonus for their service to our country. The WWI Veterans protest was one of the most famous protests because of who the attack was made on. This protests was one of the hardest taken by the United States because our own president drove the people who fought for our country away from The Capitol. President Hoover then became nervous because this brought bad publicity upon the government, and himself, forcing him to take drastic measures to help clear the steps of The Capitol. While some people might believe the protest
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The bonus was promised to the veterans years earlier. But by this time veterans were frustrated at the fact that they still had not received compensation for their services. Much needed by many to help support their families and get them off the streets. The government failed to produce the bonus, they told the veterans they would receive their bonus in a few years. Many of the veterans knew they may not live long enough to receive the bonus.This angered the veterans, which caused them to come to the conclusion they were not leaving until they received their bonuses. The veterans soon started making a fool out of the president by making makeshift camps and calling them “Hoovervilles” and also calling newspaper “luxurious hoover …show more content…
President Hoover locked himself in The Capitol building when The General started to run off the veterans. When The General took over is was very chaotic. The General and his troops reacted violently by burning down the veterans makeshift houses. During this violent rage The General used tear gas, which ran many veterans off. Tragically the use of the tear gas left two veterans and infant dead and also blinded an 8-year-old. While sending The General and his troops after the WWI veterans might of seemed like a good idea to President Hoover at the time, he did not expect the attack to leave three innocent people dead and one innocent child
The bonus was promised to the veterans years earlier. But by this time veterans were frustrated at the fact that they still had not received compensation for their services. Much needed by many to help support their families and get them off the streets. The government failed to produce the bonus, they told the veterans they would receive their bonus in a few years. Many of the veterans knew they may not live long enough to receive the bonus.This angered the veterans, which caused them to come to the conclusion they were not leaving until they received their bonuses. The veterans soon started making a fool out of the president by making makeshift camps and calling them “Hoovervilles” and also calling newspaper “luxurious hoover …show more content…
President Hoover locked himself in The Capitol building when The General started to run off the veterans. When The General took over is was very chaotic. The General and his troops reacted violently by burning down the veterans makeshift houses. During this violent rage The General used tear gas, which ran many veterans off. Tragically the use of the tear gas left two veterans and infant dead and also blinded an 8-year-old. While sending The General and his troops after the WWI veterans might of seemed like a good idea to President Hoover at the time, he did not expect the attack to leave three innocent people dead and one innocent child